[DTV]

I certainly think there is a future for rolling news channels. However, I think there will be a lot of changes to how we watch our news. My predictions in this case would be:

1 - Sky News will no longer exist in around 10 years due to it's outdated model of news coverage and frequent loss of revenue.
2 - BBC News and BBC Parliament will probably merge to create extensive coverage of parliament events whilst still being a rolling news channel.
3 - New independent rolling news channels that will be starting off in radio before going onto TV.
4 - GB News will provide some sort of rolling news during the daytime (unless you count Mark Longhurst's GB News Live as rolling news).
5 - LBC News will probably become a TV channel in a few years.

1 - Why is Sky more outdated than any other news channel? Plus, it has pretty much always been loss making - that's not why it has ever existed and, so long as other Sky operations can cross-subsidise it, I don't see why you'd abandon it - particularly not when it is at the height of its prestige and can now fairly legitimately claim to be the sole dedicated UK news channel. I could see them paring back elements or even a partial consolidation with NBC News, but ditching Sky News outright seems far fetched.

2 - What benefit is there to doing this? Do you envisage a parliament-first or a news-first channel? Is this in addition to the existing World-leaning channel or instead of it?

3 - I find it difficult to see a situation in which Sky News cannot survive but new independent rolling news channels can.

4 - Not impossible, but I don't really see any benefit to them doing this. Having an actual newsgathering operation in place to sustain an actual rolling news channel is quite expensive, even with the cheaper models. Given their existing financial situation, can't see what the investment possibly gets them - especially as it isn't really why people watch them.

5 - Again, not impossible, but other than perhaps an EPG placement for their livestream, I can't really see any developments into being a TV channel, nor any real reason for them to do so.